Founded in May 2014, 8i has offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and New Zealand. 8i's technology was built by industry pioneers from Weta Digital, YouTube, NVIDIA, Google, Microsoft, Sony Computer Entertainment, DreamWorks Animation, Digital Domain, ILM, Pixar and Jaunt XR. 8i has raised over $45M from investors including LG Technology Ventures, RRE Ventures, Time Warner, Hearst, Verizon, Baidu Ventures, Founders Fund Horizons Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Dolby Family Ventures and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments.